The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-07-17
CHAPTER CIV.

this State to acquire by purchase or con-
demnation lands for public use in such
counties, and to provide for the issue of
bonds to pay for the same.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and Cen
eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey,
That it shall be lawful for the board of
chosen freeholders in any county of this
State to acquire by purchase or condemna-
ton, as hereinafter provided, any tract or
tracts of land, not exceeding in all thirty
acres of land, for the purpose of adding
the same to the county farm, to be nsed
for the PURPOSES of slms houses, jails,
warehouses;, luHatic asylams and such
other public buildings as may be required.
and to furnish use for the prison and pau
per labor of any such county; provided,
that said lands, when so purchased and
acquired, shall, with the lands already pur-
chased or acquired and owned by said
county. form one contiguous and compact
tract of land
2. And be it enacted, That it shall be
lawful for any such board of chosen free
holders to make contract or contracts of
purchase of such inds with the owner or
owners thereof upon such terms and con-
ditions as TO such board shall seem hest
aud most adv ntageous to the interests of
such county, and the said board of chosen
freeholders shall be able and capable to ac-
qnire, purchase, receive and have and hold
said lands for the use of their counties re-
spectively, as provided in section one of
this act, and to pay for the same in such
manner and upon such terms and con-
ditions as snail be deemed most beneficial
to the interest of such county.
g. Aud be it enacted, That if any such
board of chosen freeholders shall fail to
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tract or tracts of land for the purchase,
either as to quantity required or the price
to be paid for the SANE, or upon any
other of the terms and conditions of such
purchase, 81 that the purchase of any such
tract or tracts of land cannot be consum
mated and completed by mutual agree
ment betw ZEN said board of chosen free
holders and the wner or owners thereof as
to ony one or more said tracts of land, or if
for any other reason the said board of
chosen freeholders shall be unable to con-
tract for and purchase and acquire said
lands. then it shall be lawful for such board
Of chosen freeholaers to cause a survey or
surveys to be made of such tract or
tracts of land required and which cannot be
purchased by agreement as aforesaid,
and to ascertain the owner or owners of
such tract or tracts of land, If the same can
be ascertained, and after such survey or
surveys have been completed, and map
or maps of the same, said map or maps,
survey or surveys shall be filed in the office
of the clerk of any such county, and it
shall be lawful for said board of chosen
freeholders. at any time within three
months after the date of the fling of such
map or maps, survey or surveys, to apply
to the justice of the supreme court holding
the circuit court in and for any such coun-
ty for the appointment of three commits
sioners to condemn and appraise said tract
or tracts of land, and the said application
to the Justice of tie supreme court shall
be made in writing, by virtue of a resolu-
ton of such board, certified to by the
clerk of said board and annexed to said ap-
plication, which application shall be sigHei
and veriie either by the director or clerk
of said board, and presented to such JUS
tice. anu v hen SO presented said justice
soall make an order fixing time and place
when and where said commissioners will
be appointed, which shall not be less than
fifteen days from the making and presenta-
tion or sneh application, aud the said JUS
tice shall direct notice to be served on all
the owners of sal tract or tracts OF lands.
if known and inNhis state, or if unknown
aud out of this state, to make publications
thereof as he shall direct, for any term not
less than ten days, of the particular time
and place for the appointment of said
commissioners, at which time, upon salts
factory evidence to him of service or publ
cation of such notice aforesaid, he shall
appoint, under bis hand and seal, three
aisiutereste j, impartial and judieious free
holders, residents of the state of New Jer-
S y, commissioners to examine and appraise
the said tract or Tracts of lands, and to as
sess the damages. upon such notice to be
given to the owner or owners and persons
interested as shall be directed by said JUS
tic making such appointment, and to be
expressed therein, not less than twenty
days, and it shall De the duty of the com
missioners (haying first taken and sub
scribed an oath or affirmation before the
clerk of the county faithfully and impair
tally, to examine the lands in question
and to make true appraisement and re-
port, according to the best of their skill
and understanding, which oaths shall be
filed with the county clerk, to meet at the
time and place appointed and proceed to
view and examine the said tract or tracts
of lands, hear the stateme nts of parties in
terested aud others aud ijourn said hear
ing from time to time, if necessary, and to
make Just and equitable assessment or
assessments of damages &c be paid by the
board of chosen freeholders for such tract
or tracts of lands and damages AZORES aid /;
and the lands of different owners shall be
appraised at the same time by SAID commits
sioners, and separate appraisements made
for each separate tract, which separate APP
praisements shall be reported by report.
made in writing uader the hands and seals
of said commissioners, or any two of them,
and filed within ten days thereafter, to-
gether with the aforesaid description OF the
land and tue appraisement aforesaid, in the
clerks Office of such county, to remain of
record therein, and said report shall, upon
ten days notice, in writing, by either party
in interest to the other, be confirmed by
the circuit court of the county wherein
said lands are situate aud ssid report filed
and thereupon the said board of chosen